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Revista Cuidarte
Print version ISSN 2216-0973On-line version ISSN 2346-3414
Abstract
GOMEZ, Mauricio Rodríguez et al. Self-care agency, nursing knowledge, attitudes and practices involving biological hazard in nursing students. Rev Cuid [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.1, e622. Epub Nov 04, 2019. ISSN 2216-0973. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v10i1.622.
Introduction
The approach of this research is related to self-care agency showed by nursing students when having their training practice in the health-related area.
Purpose
To analyze the relation between self-care agency and nursing knowledge, attitudes and practices involving biological hazard in nursing students from a higher education institution in Bucaramanga.
Materials and Methods
A quantitative cross-sectional study of correlational-analytical type was conducted with a sample of 187 students from IV to VIII level of a nursing degree in a higher education institution in Bucaramanga, to whom the self-care agency scale was applied. This scale is used to measure nursing knowledge, attitude and practice involving biological hazards.
Results
There is a significant relationship between self-care agency and attitudes (p<0.05). On the other hand, regular self-care agency is shown in 79.1% of the students. There is no statistically significant relationship between sociodemographic variables and the self-care agency through the chi-squared test.
Discussion
The results found in this study coincide with those found by other researchers who state that self-care agency is kept at a regular level in most of the population.
Conclusions
A relationship was demonstrated between self-care agency and attitudes regarding biological hazards in students, which confirms the importance of nursing work to strengthen favorable behavior towards their self-care.
Keywords : Self-Care; Containment of Biological Risks; Nurse; Attitude; Behavior; Nursing Sudent.